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#1 2004-10-10 16:13:22

c0ldevil
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Strange Alsa Problem on a Tecra 8100

I have a really strange problem with Alsa on my Toshiba Tecra 8100. The sound card module is snd-ymfpci (i don't remember the soundcard name, it's a Yamaha, but i am sure this is the module) and this is what happens:

   # After following the Alsa HOW-TO Wiki, like i had already done countless times in my other computer, everything was fine, sound was working, YAY!!  tongue

   # After rebooting, the sound was replaced by clicks, and the problem was nowhere to be seen, no errors nor warnings anywhere. Alsamixer was properly configured, what gives??  :?:

   # After a lot of experimenting i finally found where the problem was: the sound only worked if the network daemon wasn't working. When i configured alsa for the first time i wasn't connected so it all worked just fine. I rebooted the system without my network card and BINGO, there was the sound again.

   Strange huh? I have no idea how to come up with a solution for this. What is the REAL problem? Is it the kernel? Arch bug? Can anyone help me? I don't know if it has anything to do with it but my network adapter is pcmcia and hwd tells me it's a normal ethernet adapter which the module's name is tulip. Networking works fine that way, and i even have the pcmcia    daemon turned off.

Thanks!

This is my system:

Toshiba Tecra 8100
Sound Card Module: snd-ymfpci
Kernel Version: Arch 2.6.8.1
Packages all updated to current, using devfs but have udev installed
The base installation was the 0.7 beta

rc.conf modules array:
MODULES=(!usbserial !ide-scsi snd-ymfpci snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss)

rc.conf daemons array:
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng hotplug !pcmcia network netfs crond alsamixer)

Thanks in advance!

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#2 2004-10-10 16:22:25

c0ldevil
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Re: Strange Alsa Problem on a Tecra 8100

After booting without  the network working (the network adapter was not connected) and having the sound working, i tried connecting the network adapter and do network start. The sound continued working and the network was working fine as well. Afterwards i tried to change to daemon execution order so that alsamixer script would start before network. I put in the daemon array in rc.conf alsamixer before network. The system booted fine but... no sound again...

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#3 2004-10-10 16:51:14

c0ldevil
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Re: Strange Alsa Problem on a Tecra 8100

Sorry... now i restarted the computer without network working and sound didn't work either. I'm starting to think that this is a random thing. Please help me!  :cry:

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#4 2004-10-10 17:03:12

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Re: Strange Alsa Problem on a Tecra 8100

comment out alsamixer and hotplug from the "Daemons" array in rc.conf


arch + gentoo + initng + python = enlisy

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#5 2004-10-10 17:43:59

c0ldevil
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Re: Strange Alsa Problem on a Tecra 8100

commented out alsamixer and hotplug... same clicks... no sound.  :cry:

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#6 2004-10-10 18:50:47

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Re: Strange Alsa Problem on a Tecra 8100

This might be a kernel issue. I've been looking for the ymfpci driver in www.linuxhq.com and it seems that i has been patched for the 2.6.9 release. I sure hope that the new version solves the problem.  neutral

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#7 2004-10-10 18:51:51

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Re: Strange Alsa Problem on a Tecra 8100

bad for you,

do the network work?
otherwise, add the eth0 module to the "Modules" array and put "network" last in the "Daemons" array,
 
and for the sound there is the alsamixer program to use for setting the volume for audio channels,

€ alsamixer

arch + gentoo + initng + python = enlisy

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#8 2004-10-10 19:32:11

c0ldevil
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Re: Strange Alsa Problem on a Tecra 8100

yeah, i know about alsamixer and amixer... that's not the problem. Network works just fine, i have the module and the network daemon in rc.conf. I guess i'll wait for 2.6.9 to see if this is a kernel issue. Thanks anyway

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#9 2004-10-19 20:57:00

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Re: Strange Alsa Problem on a Tecra 8100

I've been searching the alsa bug list and i found that this is a known bug: No PCM with snd-ymfpci in Tecra 8100. : guess i gotta switch to OSS

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